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Do you think that the general public can recognize Illumination? They know about Disney, Pixar and also Dreamworks but do they know the name of the animation studio who does the minions movies?

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17 minutes ago, Mojoguy said:

I think the Academy will definitely give the Oscar to LEGO Batman this year, especially after all the backlash for not even nominating the first LEGO movie. This year has been pathetically weak for animation.

Also Coco has zero hype, and no one cares outside of Pixar fanbooys.

If Laika had a movie this year they would be frontrunner for an oscar.

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35 minutes ago, alisson23 said:

For me, saying that Disney is original because it releases Pixar or WDAS movies is the same as saying that Universal has "originality" because it releases an original movie of Legendary or Illumination.

 But WDAS is Disney. It was there before the live-action movies....

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Original movies aren't announced years in advance like sequels are.